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Thanks a lot for submitting so many great entries for the Be My Valentine recipe challenge proposed by Han Ker, Irini, Katie, Kristen, Leslie, Michelle, Minna, Simcha and Teri !

The judges have chosen the winning recipe :


Valentine's Special: Chocolate Brownie Cream Cheese Sandwich By Chef Al dente

And the runner-ups are:


Blancmange with strawberries By Bake-a-mania


Pomegranate cranberry hearts By spabettie


Cuore di formaggio salato - Savory heart cheese By CIBO VINO E PAROLE ...

Thank you very much to the judges and all the participants!

Keywords : Results

Here are the results of the Breakfasts of the World recipe challenge proposed by Drina, Françoise, Judy, Kiri, Kym, Leslie, Marie-Claire, Meta, Mimi and Simona:

1st place

Breakfast full of vitamines : French citrus crepes - Thin pancakes By PP Poppy's cooking

2nd place

Flatbread from Savonia – Savolainen Pannurieska for Breakfast By Naked Plate

3rd place

Soda bread with tomato, bacon, black pudding & an egg - breakfast of champions By Jenny Eatwell's Rhubarb & Ginger

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks a lot to all the participants and the judges!

Keywords : Results, Challenge, Recipe challenge

I have been very happy to see all those great entries coming from every part of the world in the first recipe challenge organized on Very Good Recipes, the White Christmas Challenge !

The White Christmas theme was chosen by the members of the very nice and kind food bloggers who volunteered to be judges for this first challenge:

• Alex from Food 4 Thought
• Anne from Les Recettes du Panier
• Han Ker from Hankerie
• Kristina from Knuckle Salad
• Quay Po from Quay Po Cooks
• Rachel from Blissfully Scrumptious
• Russell from London Eats
• Suzy from Suzy Eats
• Vanessa from Vane Valentine

I'm now organizing the February challenge, please let me know if you would like to be one of the judges : stephane@verygoodrecipes.com

Many food bloggers liked the White Christmas theme, and if we count the recipes from the judges too, there were more than 70 recipes participating in the challenge!

It was obviously a difficult task to judge so many beautiful and appetizing entries, but here are the recipes that the judges preferred:

1st place

My Magical Gingerbread Boxes By Jessie-CookingMoments

2nd place

White Chocolate and Gingerbread Cheesecake – White Christmas Theme By Naked Plate

3rd place

White Chocolate Truffles By The Hedonista - Recipes

4th place

Casetta di pan di zenzero...(gingerbread house) By Bubbule in cucina

5th place

Croccanti By briciole

Congratulations to all the winners! Each of them will receive some of the wonderful spices from our sponsor Savory Spice Shop!

I can't say how grateful I am to the judges without whom this first challenge would not have been possible, and of course wouldn't have been so successfull too! Thank you very much for all your help, your great ideas, your energy and your great initiatives!

And of course thanks a lot to our very generous sponsor Savory Spice Shop who kindly offered prizes for all the winners.

The January challenge will start tomorrow, I hope it will be a success too!

Keywords : Recipe challenge

I'm very happy to present you the White Christmas Challenge, the very first recipe challenge organized on Very Good Recipes. I have organized similar challenges on Recettes de Cuisine (the French version of the site) for the last 12 months, and they have been a source of a lot of fun and creativity!



The theme for this challenge has been chosen by 9 food bloggers from around the world who will the judges of the challenge:

• Alex from Food 4 Thought
• Anne from Les Recettes du Panier
• Han Ker from Hankerie
• Kristina from Knuckle Salad
• Quay Po from Quay Po Cooks
• Rachel from Blissfully Scrumptious
• Russell from London Eats
• Suzy from Suzy Eats
• Vanessa from Vane Valentine

I'm starting to organize the next challenge for January. If you would like to be one of the judges, just let me know : stephane@verygoodrecipes.com

To participate, you need to publish a "White Christmas" recipe (think snow!) on your blog with a link to the challenge page: White Christmas Challenge. You will also find all the details, rules, prizes etc. on the challenge page.

Speaking of prizes, we are lucky to have a great sponsor for this challenge: Savory Spice Shop. Savory Spice Shop sells a very wide variety of fresh spices, and they also have a staggering number of 140 spice blends (their own recipes). They will offer one $75 gift voucher, one $50 voucher and 3 $30 vouchers to the winners of the challenge. :-)

Thanks a lot to the judges and our generous sponsor for making this challenge possible!

I hope that you will like this challenge and that many of you will participate and share their idea for a White Christmas recipe!

The November list of food blogs is out! This Month I found a staggering number of 11301 food blogs! The most popular blogs are on the first page of course, but there are lots of other very interesting food blogs out there. The best way to find them is to pick a page at random and click on blogs that have titles that tickle your curiosity!

I hope you'll like the list, please share it and enjoy !

Keywords : Food blogs map, Map

You probably have dozens of food bloggers living near you, but do you know all of them? To help you find your food blogging neighbours, try the food blogs map! And if you don't find anyone in your area of the world yet, you can be the first!

I hope you like it! :-)

Keywords : Recipes

Woohoo! There are now more than 1000 recipes from 40 different food blogs listed on Very Good Recipes! Thanks a lot to everyone who helped to spread the word about the site, I very much appreciate it! :-)

Let's see how quickly we get to 2000 recipes! What's your bet?

Keywords : Food blogs list, Food blogs

The big list of food blogs is now a HUGE list, with more than 10000 food blogs, ranked by popularity amongst other food bloggers. 11260 active food blogs in June 2011, that's a lot of very good recipes to discover!

What do you think of the blogs at the top of the list? They are arguably the best and greatest food blogs. At least they are the most popular food blogs written in English. But have you tried picking a random page and checking out the food blogs that have titles that seem interesting? There are a lof of great food bloggers that are not (yet) known that are real gems too!

There is now a form on every page of the list to check the ranking of your own food blog. If you don't find it, let me know. The best way to be sure to be on the list is to submit your blog on Very Good Recipes. Those are the ones I start from to find all the other ones.